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> he means 'ruin how he makes money using email No, it would ruin email in general. You are always in control of whether you want to read an email or not.

erulabs 5y ago
> You are always in control of whether you want to read an email or not. Demonstrably false. You cannot ignore a category of information without first without interacting with it - as you must first establish that it _is part of that category_. It's impossible to know a spam message that got thru automated filters is spam or not until I read at least the subject line.
somenewaccount1 5y ago
Nope. The open protocol email was built on would still work, just some people would now use a service that blocks newsletters and other annoying spam. Only his business model would be effected, the rest of could merilly go on without consequence of Earn.com's success.
- fleddr 5y ago
  This ignores an important use case. Hard to imagine, but there might be people you do not know yet wanting to contact you in a way beneficial to you. Maybe for a serious job offer. Somebody secretly in love with you. Somebody admiring your content, and wanting to publish it in a book. I'm sure there's more examples. Such people would need to pay to contact you, and possibly/likely won't.
  - frankish 5y ago
    > Maybe for a serious job offer. If I'm not looking, then I don't want to be contacted for job offers. Regardless, there are more appropriate channels like LinkedIn where I explicitly go regarding jobs. > Somebody secretly in love with you. Would you actually take such a person seriously? This is probably exactly who I want blocked as a phisher. > Somebody admiring your content, and wanting to publish it in a book. Good. Let them prove they want to invest in me by paying to contact me. That way I can trust a little more that they're not trying to con me. I think it is also worth pointing out a couple solutions to these problems that Earn.com had: > If you're a friend of mine, click below to request a spon on my whitelist. Your emails will get through as normal. > If I don't know you, go ahead and send me a paid message. You'll only pay if you get a response.
  - thatguy0900 5y ago
    All of those examples sound like the exact sort of people willing to pay 50c or whatever to contact you though? If anything I would take all of those emails more seriously if they did pay some trivial fee.

erulabs 5y ago

> You are always in control of whether you want to read an email or not. Demonstrably false. You cannot ignore a category of information without first without interacting with it - as you must first establish that it _is part of that category_. It's impossible to know a spam message that got thru automated filters is spam or not until I read at least the subject line.

somenewaccount1 5y ago

Nope. The open protocol email was built on would still work, just some people would now use a service that blocks newsletters and other annoying spam. Only his business model would be effected, the rest of could merilly go on without consequence of Earn.com's success.

fleddr 5y ago
This ignores an important use case. Hard to imagine, but there might be people you do not know yet wanting to contact you in a way beneficial to you. Maybe for a serious job offer. Somebody secretly in love with you. Somebody admiring your content, and wanting to publish it in a book. I'm sure there's more examples. Such people would need to pay to contact you, and possibly/likely won't.
- frankish 5y ago
  > Maybe for a serious job offer. If I'm not looking, then I don't want to be contacted for job offers. Regardless, there are more appropriate channels like LinkedIn where I explicitly go regarding jobs. > Somebody secretly in love with you. Would you actually take such a person seriously? This is probably exactly who I want blocked as a phisher. > Somebody admiring your content, and wanting to publish it in a book. Good. Let them prove they want to invest in me by paying to contact me. That way I can trust a little more that they're not trying to con me. I think it is also worth pointing out a couple solutions to these problems that Earn.com had: > If you're a friend of mine, click below to request a spon on my whitelist. Your emails will get through as normal. > If I don't know you, go ahead and send me a paid message. You'll only pay if you get a response.
- thatguy0900 5y ago
  All of those examples sound like the exact sort of people willing to pay 50c or whatever to contact you though? If anything I would take all of those emails more seriously if they did pay some trivial fee.